Loom-temple.



J. MARTIN & H. J. MYERS.

LOOM TEMPLE.

APPLICATION FILED MARJL1914.

1, 1 21, 1 94. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

UNITED STATES rarnnrronrron;

JAMES W. MARTIN, F PAWTUCKET, AND HARRY J. IEYERS, OF'CENTRAL' FALLS,

: RHODE ISLAND. v

Loom-TEMPLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES W. MARTIN and HARRY J. MYERS, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at 'Pawtucket,

in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, and Central Falls, in the provement in Loom Temples,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention "relates to certain new and useful improvements in loom temples.-

In certain classes of goods woven on looms, owing to the'tensionof the yarn, a catch-cord sometimescalled a selvage cord has' to be used to hold the filling. The

shuttle laying the filling thread first passesover the cord andin "its return movement passes under the cord, and in the finishing of the goods it frequently occurs that the catch-cord becomes broken, with the-result that the selvage is imperfect and the goods damaged.

The primary object of the present invention is to dispense with the catch-cord and to provide a structure which acts in place of the catch-cord.

A further object of the invention is to provide means which takes the place of the catch-cord and which is of simple and economical character and easily operated.

In the -drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, the lay and the reed being shown partly in. section. Fig. 2 1s a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is a detail erspective view of the invention detac ed from the loom structure.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a temple slide 1 is mounted or otherwise rigidly secured to the breast-beam B, the temple slide having its forwardly extending arm 2 supporting the usual box 3 that contains the rolls having pin points on their eripheries which are placed in the two se va es of the cloth to hold the latter stretche and agalnst contraction. A pivotal screw 4: is borne b the box 3 and supports a spring held roc able arm which carries a point 5. The arm is preferably formed from a iece of wire bent to form an inverted shaped body composed of two vertical legs 6, the legs being connected by a cli 7. One of the legs is extended downward y at 8 and 15 secured I Specification of-Letters Patent.

PatentedDec.15,1914.

Application filed March 7, 1914. Serial No. 823,103. I

to one end of a coiled spring 9 the endof which spring is secured at 1.0 to the temple slide 1. The other of the legs 6- is bent to form an eye 11 through which screw 4 passes, and is further bent to provide a horizontal part 12-which extends across one end of the box and is also bent at 13 to extend over the front side of the box 3, the free end of the part 13 being bent downwardly and sharpened to provide the aforementioned point 5. -A stop 15 borne by box 3 engages the part 12 of the point carrying arm and restricts downward movement of the point.

It is evident that the point 5-must-=be lifted every time a thread is laidby the shuttle S in the shed formed by the-threads W sothat as the reed beatsup the thread laid by the shuttle to form thecloth, the

point willbe out of the way of the thread.

For the purpose of lifting the point 5 after the shuttle is passed through the shed which latter is formed by the harnesses HH, the lay L carrying with it the reed R which swings toward the breast beam 9 to beat up the thread just laid by the shuttle to form the cloth, has a projection or abutment 14 attached to one side of the frame of the reed so that in the movement of the reed toward the breast beam, the abutment 14 will contact with the adjacent leg 6 of the pivotedarm structure, raising the point 5 above the line of the cloth. As the lay L returns to its normal position for the shuttle tobe thrown in the new shed formed by the operation. of the harnesses, the

its former position, thus holding the thread against the tension of the shuttle as the latter passes through the new shed.

It will be understood that the above described structure is duplicatedv at each end of the loom for the purpose of holdingthe yarn or thread in whichever direction a shuttle is thrown, fect selvage. From the above itwill be observed that to thereby produce a perthe catch-cord sometimes called the selvage cord which is found necessary to use to hold the fillingv is completely eliminated or disposed of, thereby overcoming the disadvantages of breaking of the catch-cord namely imperfect selvage and damage goods.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire-to secure by Letters Patent r 1. In a device of the type set forth, a loom temple slide, an arm formed of a piece of wire bent to forman inverted U-shaped body, a clip connecting the legs, means to pivotally connect one of the legs to a part of the temple slide, said leg having an L- shaped horizontal portion the free end of which is extended downwardly and pointed, a coiled spring connected to the other leg and to the temple slide, and a stop on the temple slide to restrict the extent of downward movement of the L-shaped part of said leg.

2. In combination with a loom temple slide agd tire box. containing the rolls, an arm having an inverted U-shaped body, a coil spring connected to the lower end of one of the legs of the U-body and to the temple slide, the lower end of the other leg of the U-body being formed with a lateral part having an eye and a downwardly extending pointed part' beyond the eye, means to pivotally secure the eye to the box, and a stop.

on the box to engage the lateral part between the eye and the pointed part.

3. In combination with the loom tem is slide and the box containing the rolls 0 11,

4. In combination with a loom temple slide and .the box containing the rolls, an

arm having an inverted U-shaped body, a coil spring connected to the lower end of one of the legs of the U-body and to the temple slide, the lower end of the other leg of the U-body being formed with an L-shaped arm one part of which extends across an end of the box and is pivoted thereto and the other part of which extends along the front side of the boxfand terminates in a downwardly extending part, and stop means on the end of the box to engage the first named part of the L-shaped arm.

In testimony whereof .we have signed lour names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J AMES HARRY J. MYERS. Witnesses: v

ADA E. *HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

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